Fauvelle sparks West Canada girls basketball to win

Mohawk girls basketball coach Linda Ptak was looking for a spark from her team.

Alexis Fauvelle was just that – and more – for West Canada Valley on Saturday afternoon, helping the Indians to a 51-33 Center State |Conference Division II win.

Anne Delaney

Mohawk girls basketball coach Linda Ptak was looking for a spark from her team.

Alexis Fauvelle was just that – and more – for West Canada Valley on Saturday afternoon, helping the Indians to a 51-33 Center State |Conference Division II win.

A 5-foot-2 junior point guard, Fauvelle put a charge into West Canada Valley, which has |been a better and cohesive team in the last month.

Fauvelle scored 17 points, grabbed five rebounds and added six assists – on some slick passing – and willingly gave up her body to help the Indians move into a tie for second place in the league.

“She’s constant, up and down,” said Ptak of Fauvelle. “She’s everywhere. What she’s doing now is she is penetrating and then dishing. That’s a big difference. She’s evolved over the season.”

Fauvelle capped an 11-0 West Canada run in the first quarter with a 3-pointer and during a timeout right after, Ptak looked around her huddle and told the Mohawk players “someone has to be a spark out there for me.”

Fauvelle, who leads the team in scoring, ignited the West Canada offense during the early run and she did so even when she gave up the ball. The Indians capitalized on good ball movement leading to easy baskets for Ciera Sportello, Sara Hall and Jennie Maxwell, who led West Canada with 19 points.

Fauvelle set up Sportello for one of those buckets, and she made two precision passes in the third quarter to Meghan Louis to keep the Mohicans at arm’s reach.

“I just feel I bring a lot of energy,” Fauvelle said. “I get into it and I just try to get everyone around into it.”

Lexy Johnson had 12 points for Mohawk and Lindsey LeClair added 11.

Maxwell, who sang the national anthem before the game, also had six rebounds and six assists.